ANDREW Caddick claims he and the rest of the England seam attack yesterday proved what many people were beginning to doubt - that Steve Waugh's Australians are human after all.

Caddick helped reduce Australia to 105-7 at Trent Bridge and then claimed his job had been made easier by panic in the Australian dressing room.

"It just shows you that Australia are good players, but if you get stuck into them and get on top of them they do anything that a human would do - and that is panic," he said. "I am sure they may have just panicked in the dressing room."

Caddick was in no mood, though, to sit back and admire what he sees as a job barely half done.

Australia trailed England by 80 runs at close of play on a hectic first day of the third Test which saw 17 wickets fall for 290 runs as England hit back after being bowled out for 185. Caddick's part in the rush of seven Australian wickets which fell for 54 runs was 3-39, while Darren Gough and Alex Tudor picked up two wickets each.

But the Somerset seam and swing bowler knows more hard work lies ahead if England are to prevail in a match they must win to retain any chance of pulling the Ashes out of the fire. "I would say we have put ourselves in a pretty good position. But I would not say at the moment we will win - there is a lot of cricket to be played still," he stressed.

"The Australians are a very professional side and a talented one. They have some key players capable of doing the business for them in the second innings."

Caddick sees the wicket of Australia's one remaining frontline batsman Adam Gilchrist as having a huge bearing on whether England can press home their apparent advantage.

The wicketkeeper-batsman has made a real nuisance of himself during a run of prolific form in the first two Test matches, and Caddick said: "The key two wickets today were Steve and Mark Waugh.

"But the key thing tomorrow is to make sure Gilchrist does not get away from us.

"The main thing is to ensure that the good 15 minutes we had tonight we finish off tomorrow morning.

"We will just plod on and stick to the basics and hope we can come out on top," added Caddick.

He could not resist a jibe at Australia's expense over their coach's interest in the tactics and psychology of ancient China which dominated the build-up to this match.

"We will not be bringing any Chinamen into the dressing room, and I don't suppose they will be either," he said.

"We will just carry on putting it in the right places, and it is up to them to respond. They have not done that so far."

Caddick's opposite number Glenn McGrath also exploited the helpful conditions for pace bowlers in recording the day's outstanding figures of 5-49 as he helped to bowl out England.

But he conceded today was England's day, adding: "They had a very good session there, and we had a very bad one. But I hope we can bounce back and turn the tables again.

"I am sure there will be a little bit of disappointment, but you have to give credit to England's bowlers. They bowled well and got it in the right places.

"Today they got the edges and held their catches, so we have a good game of cricket on our hands."